Last date for submission extended to 15th May 2011
The DSC Prize Secretariat in Gurgaon, India must receive all entries for the DSC Prize, accompanied by the prescribed Entry Form, by 5 pm on 15th May, 2011.
- These would be scrutinized by the Secretariat and all the books that fulfill the eligibility criteria will be forwarded to each member of the Judging Panel. This Judging Panel comprises 5 eminent members including a Chair. The members of the Judging Panel are nominated with great care by the Advisory Committee and it is ensured that they together represent the interests and creative principles of the South Asia region.
- On receiving the package of books, each jury member will read and assess all the entries during a period of four months and exchange evaluation reports with other members of the panel. The Judging Panel will announce a Longlist for the DSC Prize by September 2011.
- Over the next month, the Panel would further deliberate and (if necessary) hold a meeting to debate, discuss and announce a Shortlist of 5 (or 6) books in October 2011.
- The Judging Panel would remain in contact during the following months to finally evaluate the Shortlisted entries and announce the winner of the DSC Prize in January 2012.
- All the shortlisted authors along with the Jury members would be invited for this event. The winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature would be felicitated at a special ceremony and receive an award of US $50,000.